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second go at the paint. I wanted an old faded paint so after priming and painting as normal i scuffed it up with a 1500 sanding sponge and brush painted on vallejo's faded yellow with no effort at an even or smooth job. once this had dried enough i used a 600 sponge to flat it down then the 1500 again so some of the patchy red primer and deeper yellows were showing through the top paint. As it sits now the glass is in but not got pics yet as it needs a little clean up before i give it all another light coat of matt clear. I've got a little more weathering to do once its all together and a couple small bits of trim and then its just glue the body down and the wheels on. the interior isn't actually crooked either, just loosely together for the pic

you could try dry brushing matt white and light matt blue/grey over the lense part, then trim some googly eyes down to fit the lense. it might give you slightly more realistic look or there are pe lenses available in sizes from 4 through 7mm. I got them from modellers resource in the uk but they closed at the end of last year but they might be available elsewhere too. you would still need to drill out the kit lenses but these lenses are worth it if you can find them. they have a resin over them thats quite effective at making them look realistic. I'll look them out and get some pics later

dress for the job you want

i bet its the same folk that serve meals on shovels or also known as hipsters/trying too hard to be quirky. i know i'm not going to buy beer from a bucket (even if i eat like a horse)

you might find the texture your looking for in food or toy packaging. not sure why the 1 appeared in front of my post but it wont delete

fyi, when pail is spelled in this way it means a bucket

Digital surface has released a belly tank salt flats car. I've got a couple of their 32s and they are very nice kits. I expect this one will be just as nice as the others have been

ipa alcohol or la's totaly awesome cleaner if you want to just sit it in stripper like we do with styrene bodies. The totaly awesome cleaner will even take off matt black but it can be pretty slow. I had a resin body sitting in it for over a year with no problems. DO NOT USE BRAKE FLUID, IT WILL DESTROY THE RESIN AND THERE IS NO FIXING IT and a quick tip if you use tamiya paints but dont want to use different strippers than usual on styrene is to use automotive primers under the tamiya paints. then you can still use your normal strippers if you sand a small area to be open to the primer. the stripper gets between the paint layers and will strip the primer from under the tamiya paints

contexts important in written word but often missing with slang terms

still waiting in scotland. its usually here by christmas week

lost my fav scriber and even after pulling everything off the model room floor, and completely clearing the bench theres no sign of it. on the plus side my model room is much tidier than its been for a long time but i still aint found my scriber

dont look for buick parts, look for rover parts. there are loads of tuning parts available for them and we even have a drag class just for rover v8s. some of them run high 7s in the 1/4. even the range rover is just a developed buick 215 but bored up. its the same engine but with lots more refinements made after gm gave up on it

andrey berezovsky on cults does a few veriations on squarebodies

Mike, dont be hard on yourself. Its just part and parcel of the job you're doing and no matter how many lists you have, it will probably happen again. There were times with my gran that i was just so exhausted i slept throught the alarms. luckily it was loud enough other folk heard but it happened more than once. If we weren't supposed to make mistakes they wouldn't put erasers on pencils

may-may i have some more said olivers stuttering cousin

Benatar job done around the corner but they still need to finish the lines

you could try and find the decal sheets from the hasegawa beetle and buses. they did moon versions of both and you can buy them direct from moon themselves and hobby shops. 1999 or hlj are probably your best bet to find them. there are pics of the contents of both on 1999.com. They may have done moon versions of other cars too but i've only seen the vws

save yourself a load of time and look for dremel tool #115, much faster than the sanding drum (its a router bit) and then use the drum sander toclean it up

I like the revell acrylics enough that i'll buy the starter kit with the paints instead of the basic kit if theres a choice.

This has a really cool look to it. I hope you put a v12 in it as the front end stretch would suit it. You've already got me looking through my stash to see what else this might work on, so far a 62 bel air seems to be winning but who knows

look through big car auction sites like barret jackson and the ilk. usually loads of well shot pics from almost every angle you can thing off. specialist classic sales sites are a good source too.

Satelite working seems like an awful long commute

what could make your car safer than having god (new testament, not old) on your side? lol

its like horsepower, too much is never enough